Its holiday season in Absaroka County and Sheriff Walt Longmire gets personal in this delightful collection of four short stories from New York Timesbestselling author Craig Johnson.Full of Longmires dry wit and good heart, Christmas in Absaroka County is a holiday must-have for every Longmire and Craig Johnson fan, and it also includes the first chapter of The Cold Dish, the first novel in the Longmire Mystery Series.Readers glimpse a softer side of Sheriff Walt Longmire as he grapples with the death of his wife, Martha, and his sometimes turbulent but ever-loving relationship with his daughter, Cady. In these four stories—Ministerial Aid, Slick-Tongued Devil, Toys for Tots, and Unbalanced three of which have been sent to Johnsons fans over the years in the authors Post-it e-mails—Walt is alternately at his best and his worst.